Christina Gyllenstierna

Christina Nilsdotter Gyllenstierna (1494-1559), (daughter of Nils Eriksson Gyllenstierna and Sigrid Eskilsdotter (Banér)), wife of the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Younger, and after his death organiser of the defence against the attack from Denmark.

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1494 - 1559 - Nils Eriksson Gyllenstierna - Sigrid Eskilsdotter (Banér) - Swedish - Sten Sture the Younger - Denmark

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Christina was a great-granddaughter of king Charles VIII of Sweden (through her father, who was a younger son of Christina Karlsdotter Bonde, according to whom Christina got her name). She was married to young Sten Svantesson (who took the surname Sture) partly to strengthen his position as regent.

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Her husband Sten Sture was mortally wounded at the battle of Bogesund, on January 19, 1520 and the Danish army, unopposed, was approaching Uppsala, where the members of the Swedish Privy Council, had assembled. The councillors consented to render homage to Christian on condition that he gave a full indemnity for the past and a guarantee that Sweden should be ruled according to Swedish laws and custom; and a convention to this effect was confirmed by the king and the Danish Privy Council on March 31.

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Battle of Bogesund - January 19 - 1520 - Uppsala - Swedish Privy Council - March 31

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Christina Gyllenstierna held out stoutly at Stockholm, and the peasantry of central Sweden, roused by her patriotism, flew to arms, defeated the Danish invaders at Balundsås on March 19, and were only with the utmost difficulty finally defeated at the bloody battle of Uppsala, on Good Friday, April 6, 1520.

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Stockholm - March 19 - Battle of Uppsala - Good Friday - April 6 - 1520

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In May the Danish fleet arrived, and Stockholm was invested by land and sea; but Christina Gyllenstierna, resisted valiantly for four months longer, and took care, when she surrendered on September 7, 1520 to exact beforehand an amnesty of the most explicit and absolute character. On November 1 the representatives of the nation swore their allegiance to King Christian II, which repaid them by staging the Stockholm Bloodbath.

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September 7 - 1520 - November 1 - Christian II - Stockholm Bloodbath

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In 1527 Christina remarried to Johan Turesson Tre Rosor.

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From her first marriage she had a son Svante Sture who later was elevated to 1st Count Sture by king Eric XIV and from the second marriage a son Gustaf Johansson Tre Rosor who at the same time became Count Gustav of Bogesund. (As descendant of a king, Christina was regarded to be of the highest birth of the then Sweden.)

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Count Sture - Gustav of Bogesund

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